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BED PAN No. 533,790. Patented Feb. 5, 1896.

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NlTED STATES MOSES S. DIAMOND, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BED-

PAN.

SP EGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 533,790, datedFebruary 5, 1895.

Application filed May 26,1894:- Serial No. 512,533. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MOSES S. DIAMOND, of New York city, in the countyand State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Bed-Pan, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to an improvement in bed pans, and it has for itsobject to provide a means whereby the bed pan may be renderedexceedingly comfortable to a patient, and may be constructed of aminimum of thickness at its tapering or forward end, and principally toprovide a means whereby the bed pan may be expeditiously andconveniently cleansed, and whereby also said pan may be rendered verylight, yet durable and economic in its construction.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth and pointed out inthe claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar figures and letters of referenceindicate corresponding parts in both the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved bed pan; and Fig. 2 is avertical longitudinal section through the same, illustrating in dottedlines the door open for the purpose of cleaning.

In carrying out the invention the body A of the bed pan is given theusual shape except that at its forward end A it is considerably reducedin thickness over the china or other forms of bed pans heretoforeconstructed. The pan is preferably made of zinc, or a similar material,whereby it is both durable and light, and it is provided with the usualopening 10 in its upper concaved face. At the rear of the body a tubularhandle 11 is located, which handle is made to extend upwardlyandrearwardly at moreor less of an acute angle to the body, its downwardinclination being exceedingly decided.

At the forward end of the pan an opening 12, is made in the bottomthereof, extending a predetermined distance rearward, the openingcommencing at the forward edge; and this opening is normally closedthrough the medium of a door 13, capable of dropping downward, the saiddoor being of such length as to extend preferably beyond the forwardedge of the body of the pan, as shown in the drawings; and the said dooris preferably provided at both ends and its forward side with upwardlyand inwardly curved flanges, adapted to hold in place a sealing covering14, constructed preferably of rubber, and the covering is so placed uponthe door that it will arch upward from the body of the latter, as isbest shown in Fig. 2.

A keeper 15, is located upon the forward edge of the pan, the saidkeeper being preferably made in the shape of an angular tapering bar ofyoke-like construction and made from one piece of material, whereby thesaid keeper, by being hinged or pivoted upon the front edge of the body,may be thrown upward to permit the door to drop, as shown in dottedlines in Fig. 2, or may be made to engage with the outwardly-extendingforward edge of the door to hold the latter in its upper position and insealing contact with the margin of the opening 12 in the bottom of thepan.

It will be observed that by constructing the pan in the manner above setforth, namely, of sheet metal, and likewise providing it with a door 13,by placing the handle 11 under a tap, or by pouring water into saidhandle and opening the door, the pan may not only be expeditiously butthoroughly cleansed, and likewise may be thoroughly aired. It islikewise obvious that when making the pan of sheet metal, the nose orforward end thereof may be so reduced in thickness as not toinconvenience a patient when the pan is being placed in position, orwhen the pan is in use, and the exceeding lightness of the pan willenable one even though possessed of but little strength, to carry itfrom place to place, and successfully place it in position.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. As an improved article of man ufacture, a bed panhaving an inclined upper surface and provided with an opening in itsbottom at the extreme forward end and with a door for closing the saidopening, as set forth.

2. As an improved article of manufacture, a bed pan having an inclinedupper surface and provided with an opening in its bottom at the extremeforward end, a door hinged to the bottom at the rear edge of the openingthereof, and means for locking the said door closed, substantially asdescribed.

3. In a bed pan, the combination with the body having an inclined uppersurface and provided with an opening in its bottom at the extremeforward end, of a door hinged to the bottom at the rear edge of theopening thereof, and a yoke-shaped keeper hinged to the forward edge ofthe body of the pan and engaging the door to hold it closed,substantially as described.

4. In a bed pan, the combination with the body having an inclined uppersurface and provided with an opening in its bottom at the extremeforward end, of a door hinged to the bottom at the rear edge of theopening thereof, an arched sealing cover secured to the upper surface ofthe door, and a keeper hinged to the forward edge of the pan andengaging the said door, substantially as described.

5. A bed pan, the same comprising a body having an inclined uppersurface and provided with an opening therein on the bottom at its noseor forward edge, a hinged door adapted to seal the said opening andcapable of uncovering the same, a hinged keeper whereby the door is heldin sealing position, and a tubular handle located at the rear of thebody, substantially as shown and described.

MOSES S. DIAMOND.

